To my mind, they should also be holding the telephone company and internet service provider liable as they also facilitated -- in the same way MySpace.com did -- communication exchanges. Perhaps MySpace could do more but they are, like the ISP and telecom, a service. Use them with adequate (even common!) knowledge!
I would esitmate 90% of the XM customer base has the traditional XM Receivers with ANALOG outputs, even though the units are receiving a digital broadcast.
The other 10% don't bother with old-timey analog speakers and just plug the digital output interface directly into their cortical node.
So you end up with a grand universe that allows for many interesting stories to be told in the EU in parallel with the OT events.
So you end up with a grand universe that allows for many interesting stories to be told in the European Union (parliament) in parallel with the Off Topic events.
Just my common association with those acronyms! Then again, using those alternate acronyms may also sum up Eps I-III reasonably well. (thinks of Simpsons take on the prequels).
and I'll say it again. Play-Doh and technology do not mix! My DVD player will not play Play-Doh discs and my PC case mod of Play-Doh gave me trouble getting it out of the power supply.
Thanks for highlighting the Important Parts. What's the problem here? How is it a conflict-of-interest to find out how a company does something from the people who are involved with it? FTA "Here's how we do it at google." Perhaps Ballmer should have written the piece?
Yeah, mea culpa. I was trying to include that part from the article and just did the calculation myself rather than find it in the article. I realised my mistake the instant I hit the submit button and no amount of scrabbling at the screen would bring it back!
Most executives seem to believe/live the sentiment which was best expressed by 'The Goodies' in an episode from their 70s TV show.
"It is well known that the world is divided into 4 categories: A, B, C and D. 'D' for 'Dumb', 'C' for 'Clever', 'B' for 'Brilliant' and 'A' for 'Advertising Men'." - Graeme, who had just become an advertising executive and was explaining the facts of life to Bill and Tim.
Just needing to vent over my situation. Moved from Australia 3 months ago to Germany and within a couple of days had placed an order for the connection of DSL. But of course, not with Deutsche Telekom (didn't feel *that* rich).
The service provider we ordered with (freenet.de) said it would take up to 2 weeks. So after a suitable time (I am a patient man), I contact their service line to find out that Yes, they had put the request into Telekom to make the connection and I would have to wait (the operator mentioned sometimes up to 2 months!). After another month I contact them again to be told that Telekom had claimed the number could not be connected to DSL and that they (freenet.de) were now trying to convince Telekom that it could in fact be connected. Deutsche Telekom have absolutely no reason to fulfill orders from competing companies in any reaspnable timeframe, except that they are lawfully obliged to (I guess).
Since we are in a village outside of a small-medium sized town I thought we might have to wait a bit longer. But three months! The Telekom website-phone-number-DSL-connection checker even claims we will have to use a satellite service for broadband. So now after 3 months, I'm told by a rep of 1&1.de that they could have me connected in 2-3 weeks and that they have people in my street already connected. After contacting freenet.de again and being told I would have to wait longer, I have signed up with 1&1.de and will cancel the freenet.de order. Here's hoping.
I mostly meant that during the process of raising children you get worn out physically and mentally. I'm thinking all the late nights, interrupted sleep, emotional and physical drain of being in close contact with children. But there are some up sides too!
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They do if they have a good run-up and are going downhill with a tailwind.
To my mind, they should also be holding the telephone company and internet service provider liable as they also facilitated -- in the same way MySpace.com did -- communication exchanges. Perhaps MySpace could do more but they are, like the ISP and telecom, a service. Use them with adequate (even common!) knowledge!
The other 10% don't bother with old-timey analog speakers and just plug the digital output interface directly into their cortical node.
You haven't already?? I mean, I don't mind the gown so much but the jockstrap is killing me ...
So you end up with a grand universe that allows for many interesting stories to be told in the European Union (parliament) in parallel with the Off Topic events.
Just my common association with those acronyms! Then again, using those alternate acronyms may also sum up Eps I-III reasonably well. (thinks of Simpsons take on the prequels).
The UK and Germany are both in Europe. Same region. You need to get out more, dude.
I'm a chimpanzee you insensitive clod!
and I'll say it again. Play-Doh and technology do not mix! My DVD player will not play Play-Doh discs and my PC case mod of Play-Doh gave me trouble getting it out of the power supply.
Thanks for highlighting the Important Parts. What's the problem here? How is it a conflict-of-interest to find out how a company does something from the people who are involved with it? FTA "Here's how we do it at google." Perhaps Ballmer should have written the piece?
Yeah, mea culpa. I was trying to include that part from the article and just did the calculation myself rather than find it in the article. I realised my mistake the instant I hit the submit button and no amount of scrabbling at the screen would bring it back!
"It is well known that the world is divided into 4 categories: A, B, C and D. 'D' for 'Dumb', 'C' for 'Clever', 'B' for 'Brilliant' and 'A' for 'Advertising Men'."
- Graeme, who had just become an advertising executive and was explaining the facts of life to Bill and Tim.
The service provider we ordered with (freenet.de) said it would take up to 2 weeks. So after a suitable time (I am a patient man), I contact their service line to find out that Yes, they had put the request into Telekom to make the connection and I would have to wait (the operator mentioned sometimes up to 2 months!). After another month I contact them again to be told that Telekom had claimed the number could not be connected to DSL and that they (freenet.de) were now trying to convince Telekom that it could in fact be connected. Deutsche Telekom have absolutely no reason to fulfill orders from competing companies in any reaspnable timeframe, except that they are lawfully obliged to (I guess).
Since we are in a village outside of a small-medium sized town I thought we might have to wait a bit longer. But three months! The Telekom website-phone-number-DSL-connection checker even claims we will have to use a satellite service for broadband. So now after 3 months, I'm told by a rep of 1&1.de that they could have me connected in 2-3 weeks and that they have people in my street already connected. After contacting freenet.de again and being told I would have to wait longer, I have signed up with 1&1.de and will cancel the freenet.de order. Here's hoping.
So to conclude this rant, Aarrrrghhh!
I thought this was true for very large values of 1.
I mostly meant that during the process of raising children you get worn out physically and mentally. I'm thinking all the late nights, interrupted sleep, emotional and physical drain of being in close contact with children. But there are some up sides too!
I thought we fell apart much more rapidly because of child-rearing.